Vietnam’s urban environment, especially in big cities, is facing numerous challenges, including air and water pollution, solid waste treatment and flooding.

 The Prime Minister has urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to monitor on the market situation when the US applies the Farm Bill in September 2017.

 Vietnam beat Australia 2-0 in the semi-final match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U15 Championship at the Chonburi Stadium in Thailand on July 20.

The Southern Institute of Ecology has discovered three new plant species unknown to the world in the Son Tra Nature Reserve during a three-year research and revaluation of its biodiversity.

The third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting and related meetings (SOM 3) will continue accelerating the implementation of cooperation contents of APEC, said the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang. 

The State Bank of Vietnam unexpectedly resumed the issue of central bank bills worth VND8 trillion ($350.9 million) this week, a move aimed at increasing the nation’s foreign exchange reserves.

 Vietnam’s tourism market offers huge opportunities for start-up companies if they promptly seize technological trends to create special and unique tourism products, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on July 20.

The Embassy of Vietnam in the Philippines is closely coordinating with competent Philippine agencies to complete necessary procedures to bring home the body of a Vietnamese citizen. 

Following the launching event in Quang Ninh in early July that propelled 5-star resort project Sun Premier Village Halong Bay to the top of the northern real estate market, Sun Group held another launch for investors in Hanoi on July 16th.

 The Ministry of Health’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department and Vietnam Initiatives at Indiana University, will pilot a patient satisfaction telephone survey. Similar surveys conducted previously were done online.

Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue and leader of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri have agreed to continue deepening ties between the two countries.

 The People’s Court of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on July 20 sentenced a man to death and gave two others a life sentence on charges of trafficking and transporting 30 bricks of heroin. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has taken action so that the National Assembly’s new resolution on bad debt settlement could be applied from August 15.

 The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) supports and creates favourable legal conditions for the promotion of cooperation between Vietnam and Bangladesh, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and King Norodom Sihamoni reiterated the “good neighbours, traditional friendship, and sustainable, long-term, comprehensive cooperation” between Vietnam and Cambodia. 

Hung Yen private health clinic to be fined, Hospital deaths: Hoa Binh Hospital director resigns, Viet Nam Summer Camp for overseas Vietnamese opens, Memorial services held for remains of soldiers

Military-run telecom group Viettel recorded a pre-tax profit of US$41.2 million from its overseas investments in the first half of 2017, a 156 percent year-on-year increase.

VietNamNet Bridge - Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has suggested an optimal solution to ensure power supply for Vietnam's economic development.

Kido Foods (KDF) dominates the ice cream market, with a 35 percent share, while Unilever, Thuy Ta and Vinamilk hold 10 percent, 10 percent and 9 percent of market share, respectively.

VietNamNet Bridge - They are known as the three ‘chemistry golden boys because they won gold medals at the 49th IChO and all of them have ‘golden virtues’.

 Whopping rise in steel imports from India, Mobile advertising seen growing, CGV takes over two Platinum cinemas in Hanoi, Insurance premiums exceed $2bn in 1H, Quang Ninh to prepare Van Don Economic Zone master plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Major General Le Van Cuong speaks to the Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper about the role of social media in Viet Nam.

Vietnam’s agriculture sector needs to end the practice of small-scale production and reorganize it on a larger scale towards high-tech agriculture, the “Reorganizing Agricultural Production” seminar heard.

A newly effective bill, government Decree No.59/2017 on the management of access to genetic resources and the sharing of their benefits, was expected to protect the country’s rich genetic resources.

The tobacco industry continues to subvert government attempts to prevent tobacco-related deaths, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday in a fresh call to counter corporate lobbying and litigation.